Stable Cottage, Barnfield Road, Charing Heath, Ashford, TN27 0BN

Stable Cottage is a two-bedroom detached house in Charing Heath, Ashford, Ashford (TN27 0BN). It has a recorded floor area of 106 m² (around 1141 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows an F (score 29), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (October 2008); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 100), a 5-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe.

At 106 m² the property is well over the postcode median (67 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £416,000 is 48.6% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£245/sq ft) was about 25.5% below the postcode norm. Last sale on file: £280,000 in September 2020.